ATTENTION The wet floor imagines a daily household task as art
An everyday household chore, namely mopping the floor, is brought into a new context to draw attention to a form of work that often goes unnoticed. Performed in a floating platform from Insola, in the middle of it of Berlin River Spree, the act of cleaning is detached from its practical purpose and presented as a continuous, repetitive action.
Artist Lara Lussheimer’s six-hour long performance examines the tension between everyday work and the desire to enforce order. Placing a familiar domestic gesture in an environment where it seems functionally unnecessary, the work, BEWARE WET FLOOR, reflects the persistence of repetitive actions and the limits of control.
ATTENTION WET FLOOR is a six-hour performance by Lara Lussheimer | image by Karacho Berlin
The six-hour performance examines work, repetition and control
Throughout the performance, the sequence of wetting the floor, mopping, putting up the “CAUTION WET FLOOR” sign, and waiting for the surface to dry is constantly repeated with artist Lara Lussheimer before starting again. Surrounded by the river, the action unfolds against a stretch of water that reinforces its seeming futility, turning an ordinary maintenance task into a sustained reflection on work, repetition, and the impossibility of ever fully completing the act.
the performance takes place on the floating platform of Insola | image by Karacho Berlin
